The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 21, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday Ry THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JUE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. intered at yest, Florida, as second class matter ‘FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press «he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year aes six Months Three Months One Month Weekty ADVERTISING RATES Made known vn application, SPECIAL No’ z en, cards of thanks, resolutions of will be charged for at 6.00 All reading not respect. obituary notices, ete the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general Interest but it will not publish anonymeus communi- cations. E iMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main land, Free Port, Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. ee —————— With ‘all the talk about “the law’ “seit is strange that Courts should so often dis- agree about what it means, There are all kinds of Peters in the land, but the Sunday Star introduces us to a variety never before heard of—the com- peti-Peters. Europe, making treaties with one another, reminds us of Tom Sawyer’s gang who took an oath not to commit murder on Sundays because it was wicked. Progress must become the alter ego of the individual_—Key West Citizen. Or we must alter the ego of politicians.—St. Petersburg Independent. And _ that’s job. Drink a little wine for thy stomach’s sake. Just how much is little? In the United States the per capita consumption of wine is about a gallon a year, in France it is 50 gallons. “As itainesg goes, so goes Maine.”’— Tampa Tribune. Not always. In 1932 Maine elected a democratic governor and two congressmen in September, but voted for the republican presidential nominee in November. In a leading poll, Landon continues to lead Roosevelt and the 1936 __ presi- dential race may be a repetition of that of 1916, when Woodrow Wilson flashed across the finish line to beat Charles Evans Hughes. oO. O. mies. the columnist who dislikes Key West, clipped a nick in his chin “that would make a dimple in a hippo,” as he noted. At last some com- pensation for reading his column; we've been hopitig for it. The aleazar at Toledo, where Spain's most famous national hero El Cid resided in his lifetime, was blown to bits last week by the Loyalists, composed of socialists and communists, who govern that ill-fated country at the present time. More than 1,700 rebels with their women and chil- dren were either killed or maimed in this horrible manner. History, at least that of modern times,"¢an Show ndthing to match such madness—“madness risen from hell.” Earl Browder, the presidential can- ‘didate of the Communists, was not permit- ted to speak in Tampa. When he arrived at the hall where he was to speak it was found padlocked. Browder wired Presi- dent Roosevelt in protest which goes to show how centralized our government is becoming or thought to be, and further- more, twenty years ago a Communist would not have dared to show his face, now they demand equality of considera- tion although their program is subversive _to our established government, $10.00 j CIRCLING THE GLOBE No one has ever really circled the globe, because to literaily do that would mean going around the world at its cir- cumference, whether by following the equator or otherwise. But going around the world is generally understood to mean any passage around the earth be- tween the two poles. How the time required for this feat has been reduced is strikingly illustrated by the fact that Magellan’s ship Victory, the first to circumnavigate the globe in the accepted sense, took three years lack- ing 12 days for its voyage, 1519 to 1522. Drake made it in 1,052 days, some- thing over half a century later. Cavendish in 1056 sailed from Plymouth, England, and returned in 781 days. Then challenged by Jule book, “Around the World in 80 Days,” Nellie Bly, a newspaper woman, went around the world by boat and train in 72 days in 1899. The next year George Francis Train did the stunt in 67 days. Other records ranging around 40 days were made in the succeeding years before the advent of the airplane. In 1927 Linton and Wells, emplying train, boat and airplane, completed. the circuit in 28 days. In 1928 Mears and Collyer reduced the time to 24 days; the dirigible Graf Zeppelin in 1929 cut the record to 21 days. us Then came the real record-breaker: Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in 1931 made the trip by airplane in 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. The speediest world flight of all time was made by Wiley Post, one-eyed aviator, flying alone, in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, in 1933. And that’s something for other globe girdlers to shoot at. Verne’s A POLITE BELL BOY Another striking illustration of what industry and thrift may accomplish, even under the handicap of meager education, is seen in the career of the late Ellsworth M. Statler, millionaire hotel owner. Born a poor farm boy in Somerset county, Fennsylvania, he had little formal schooling, being forced to go to work when a mere child. Yet he became one of the ; most able and forceful speakers in the country. He often recolled that his first lessons in English were given him by Tom Dufff, a bartender in the McClure House in Wheeling, where young Statler first be- came connected with the hotel business as a bell boy at a salary of six dollars a! month. } He was 33 when he opened his first restaurant under his own name in Buffalo. His first management of an enterprise of magnitude came at the age of 38, when he built and conducted a large hotel at the Buffalo Pan-American exposition in 1901, followed by his management of the famous Inside Inn at the St. Louis world’s fair in 1904. He then began to build up a chain of magnificent hotels in various cities, ig- cluding the great Hotel Pennsylvania New York, where he died. x Mr. Statler’s rise was not due to good | luck, although his business ventures we: more than unusually successful. It was due to the fact that he had learned the hotel business from the ground up, and was untiring in his efforts to please his | guests. He was known as the most polite bell-boy, and when he became a magnate | he had still retained the habit of _ polite- ness, and his outstanding trait was con- sideration for the comfort and happiness of others. SIX BOMBS MISS A SHIP The bombing of the U. S. S. Kane, ay destroyer in Spanish waters, by an airplane } has caused some commotion in the press and the exchange of a few notes between this government and the Spanish factions now engaged in their bloody struggle. What intrigues us, however, is the fact that the airplane dropped six Banke) at a destroyer that was making no effort at defense and lay unsuspecting beneath | it. Probably one bomb, if it had landed, would have seriously crippled the de- stroyer but none hit the target, each of them falling some distance away and ex- ploding harmlessly. Maybe the Spanish aviators are poor marksmen from the air, or, maybe it’s more trouble to hit a ship with a bomb than many of us have been told, rep , ALL LL a THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Lest We Forget! By WALTER E. SPAHR Chairman, Department of Economics, New York University There is surprisingly little dis- agreement among the most compe- tent and experienced economists as to the causes of the depression It is well to have this in mind during the dis- cussions of its causes which attend the present politi- cal_campaign. The depres- sion was caused Sy the World War and by the matadjust- ments which it generated in nearly every phase of the economic struc- ture throughout the world. Since the War was almost world-wide the depression also was practically world - wide. Maladjust- ments were, of necessity. generated in agriculture, in manufacturing, in trade—indeed, in nearly every phase of economic life. Huge debt struc- tures were piled up; tax burdens be- came oppressive; currencies were in- flated. The painful readjustments which should have followed after the War were resisted by every means which ‘human beings could devise. Artificial conditions were bolstered up by in- flationary devices. Each nation tried td) protect ‘its ‘nationals by tariffs. ,guotas, and other trade restrictions. Rrations unwisely tried to gain trad- ing: advantages through currency de- preciation. To protect themselves they repudiated their international debts Trade channels were blocked: markets were distorted or destroyed. In time the world found its eco- nomic structure in a hopeless tangle. and confidence was shaken. impor- tant central banks, like the Bank of England, lost their reserves. Hoard- ing and withdrawals spread. Credit structures collapsed. and the world found itself in the grip of a world- wide depression. We of this nation, like the people of all nations, have been very irra- tional about these matters. We as- sumed that we could engage in a mad orgy such as the World War and at Nation’s Affairs es | | | the same time escape the"painful re- adjustments which, of necessity, would have to follow. The world has had to pay the price | for that insane struggle. The retribu- tion has been severe. But we should not have lost our bearings in the matter. Rather, we should have un- derstood the lesson involved. We should realize that if we never want | to experience another depression of | this sort we should never permit another war like the last one. rhe simple lesson of that War is that the | world cannot afford to have another one like it. 1 am very certain that this analysis of the causes of this depression is correct. 1 am sure that all eminent authorities on business cycles and de- pressions will agree with it 1 be- lieve that the experience and refiec- tion of all thoughtful people will | confirm its accuracy. 1 Assuming that this analysis ts cor- rect, we can very easily dispose of the popular notions as to the causes of the depression which are not sup- ported by facts. For example, we may assert with assurance: (a) that the depression in this country was not caused by scarc- ity of gold or credit; (b) it was not caused by tack of spending on the part of con- sumers; (c) it was not caused by the “Economic Royalists”; * ' (d) it was not caused by a gen- eral fall in th roc level; (ey i tons not éatised ivy tech- nological unemployment; (f) it was not caused by over- investment in productive equip- | ment; (g) it was not caused by a con- centration of wealth; (h) it was not caused by spec- ulation; (i) it was not caused by a de- fective currency system or by bad banking. Many of these factors had in them various kinds of defects, some of which contributed to the severity of the business recession’ once it got under way. But not one of them con- stituted the primary cause, or even an important cause, of tHe recession which gripped country in 1930. (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) TODAY’S Temperatures* Highest, 86 Lowest Mean .. Normal Mean S Rainfali* Yesterday's Precipitation 2.54 Ins. | Nermal Precipitation bix ree ers 24-h tN k thix morning. ‘Tomorrow's Almanac 5 a.m. ans p.m. Moon rises .... 207 p. m. Moon sets p. m. Low Barometer 8 A. M. today: Sea level, 29.96, WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., ., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy with occasional showers to-| night and Tuesday; gentle to mod-! erate easterly winds. Florida Partly cloudy tonight: and Tu ers ow the &xtreme south coast. decksonuille to Florida Straits Gthtle to-'imoderate easter ly wind: over south portion and gentle va-| triable S#ifdeliover north porti-n| becoming fresh north and north-! eastexomte” distance off coast and | partly overe weather tonight and Tuesday with scattered show- ers over extreme south portion to- j night. Gulf. Gentle variable vials over netth and gentle to moderate eesterly over south por- on and y y overcast weather with occasional show- | WEATHER tonight and Tuesday with scatter- od showers over south portion. CONDITIONS A tropical di: urbance of rather small diameter is central tais morning about 575 miles east of ‘Ft. Pierce, Fla., moving northwest- jward about 12 miles per hour. It has increased in intensity during gales and squalls, and by winds about hurricane force over a very small area near the center. Showers an thunderstorms have :32; occurred during the last 24 hours 6:58 | : eastward over the Carolinas and thence northward over Atlantic coast districts to jsouthern New England, in north- ern Michigan, New Mexico, _por- tions of Texas, and central and southern Florida, being heavy at | Rosewell, N. M., 1.68 inches, Mi- jami, Fla., 1.28 inches, and Key West, 2.54 inches, have risen in pertions,ef the mid- dle Mississippi Valley, and south- jern Take rt white-etsewhere ; changes hay: ngrally s\giht, | with Sal ea ti above nor- | mal thr Ryav ‘country. 1 ace | “otticial in Charge. from Ark ‘CHAFED SKIN | ~ Don't suffer needlessly! Apply soothing Resinol Ointment to quickly relieve the fiery torment and restore comfort Resinol Pay For over a given period of it to yourself. CREDIT. The First National The Easiest Way For You)'To \ is to pay for it as you pay rent. is to pay monthly, out of income, an instal on the principal and the interest, etc., and thus, CONSULT US HOW YOU CAN BUILD OR LY BUY A HOME OR REPAIR OR MODERNIZE & ANY TYPE OF BUILDING ON INSURED \ Member of the Federal Deposit — Corporation Erpearmemy ies errr reecomnee SITOTTTTOTOTE TTBS OD, ~ AHome ;' N The ‘nstalfnent N years, pay off the entire N mortgage and have the house free of’all deht. It’s very much like buying a house and then renting e N Bank ot Key West | | : | | Reports are to | Moccasin jused at Fort ‘Temperatures | , KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen At 8 o'clock last night the local Coast Guard radio statwn re ceived the iollowing message irom the Saukee: “Arrived Miami. Deaths do not exceed districts damaged to the reported. Key West marines landed this evening to intercept reported looting at Miami Beach. the effect that demolished and ail beats sunk except the 297, but no lives lost in Base 6 person- nel. Authorities have 1ation in hand. Signed Saukee.” The Moc- casion referred to was, the vessel Lauderdale as a floating base. The vessel was re- ported completely destroyed. J. B. Story, C. M. M., was reported dying of burns. He was the vie- tim of an explosion in the engine room of his boat the 243. extent Mrs. Grace Phillips, in charge of the local office of the National Red Cross, is in receipt of a let- ter from headquarters in Wash-| ington, authorizing the local chay ter to receive contributions for relief of the suffering and nee caused by the destructive stor at Miami and vicinity Mrs. Phil-} lips will receive contributions at’ I the Red Cross offices in the Renedo, building every day until noon. After the noon hour she will be at her residence 421 Du- val street. County Judge Hugh Gunn re- turned this morning irom a trip to Tampa where he spent a few days. The judge said the storm did practically no damage at Tampa but that he was terribly worried about Key West. He could get no reports from here for a time and had become great- ly alarmed. He was relieved to| learn the storm had given us the} go-by. Criminal court of record for September held a short session yesterday and the jury list was drawn. This will not be made} public but those drawn for the jury will be notified by letter. Six thousand loaves of bread, 15 cases of canned meats, 24 cans Opens Skin Pores Kills Scalp Itch With six itch killing medicines in liquid form, Imperial Lotion flows into pores and hair follicles and thus gets at and kills the cause of scalp itch. 35c and $1.00. ' 100. All) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1936. Ito the case, and a large quastzs! jor cheese and crackers were sent! | out yesterday on a train ef the! j Florida East Coast Railway for! |the sufferers in the Miami storm jarea. The American Legion sent | 5,000 loaves of the bread, the Ro- jtarians sent 1,000 loaves, and 224 ans of meat. The Scottish Rite Masons sent a large quantity of cheese and crackers. P. B. Bob prts, Gerald Lowe and B. T. Recio went along with the American | Légion donation to assist if meces- sary, in the distribution at Miami. Pearl Gillison, colored girl Te- ported to be 14 years old, whe was arrested and appeared for preliminary trial before Peace Justice Andrew L. Lopez om 3 charge of maintaining a diserder- ly house, was brought before Judge lieen Williams ef the Juve- nile court yesterday. She was to get out of the city and not come back. She said she had no but was told that she had to get here and have money to get out. she would go. | Editorial com ed that adhe re almshouses should be comfortable, ' will appeal to many of us whe we are headed there on the ent scale of which prices. There was a train arrivi last evening at 6 o'clock [ north, with the regular trai ing out at 7 o'clock. There a number of Key Westers c |on the incoming train with several jleaving on the outgoing train. | Mr. and Mrs. who have been honeymoon in different ntiry returned te Key W over the East (se Mr Smith = agent for the Mallory company. Charles E. spendin part the co Steamsh ! | YOUR DESTINY BY LE MARS j A 1936 Reading te The Citizee Readers by Special Ar- it rangements for a Limited Time only TEN CENTS Coie and |? «Stamp. = THE KEY WEST CITIZEN, Date of Birth Write Pleim—Eaclosing 10c Comm and Stamp ;the night and is now attended by | STOP BY OUR GARDENS And Examine The Wholesale Destruction Of Our Rose Bushes By Plant Board Spraying Operations You will see hundreds of dead stalks and hundreds of others struggling in vain to resist the death dealing spray operations. Is Key West To Be Reduced To A Barren Island By These People? SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING C0. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best™ White and Eliza Streets FA hed de dedi decdkdhded haddddkddeddadeadedad dt Phene 535 ae \ 44 LL A A AA AAA AAA LAA AAAAAAAAAAALAAAAAAAAA, aC